CONTACT: Melissa Moore Baldauff, Director of Communications 414.278.4216 Office Melissa.Baldauff@MilwaukeeCountyWI.gov MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele today announced the appointment of Joe Lamers to serve as director of Performance, Strategy, and Budget for Milwaukee County. Lamers, a Wisconsin native and UW-Milwaukee graduate, will begin his role at Milwaukee County

Contact: Kate Sanders, Safe & Sound, 414-788-1169 Dawn Hutchison-Weiss, LISC, desk 414-930-1760, cell 608-215-3262 (Milwaukee-February 1, 2018) On Thursday, February 1st, the 69th Annual Crime Prevention Awards were held at the Wisconsin Club to recognize private residents and law enforcement professionals who, through their special contributions to crime prevention, have

Grafton – The last several days have brought a slew of breaking reports drawing in sharp relief partisan efforts to undermine a Special Counsel investigation focused on Russian involvement in the 2016 election, possible cooperation in that interference by American actors, and the possibility of ongoing efforts to obstruct the

Statement from Alderman Bob Donovan I can’t believe it took him an entire day, but Mayor Barrett has rescinded the Health Department policy restricting employees from communicating with elected officials. I want to know if this now extends to all city departments (including the Police Department) and whether the mayor

Contact: Rep. Vruwink (608) 266-3790 A bill that would create a lifetime fishing license is moving through the state legislature. The author of Assembly Bill 878, State Rep. Don Vruwink (D-Milton), said the bill is primarily aimed at younger generations. “The intent of the bill is to encourage the next

Contact: Elliott Magers, 317-997-3558, elliott@vdlf.org Who: Voces de la Frontera, Youth Empowered in the Struggle, Fair Immigration Reform Movement, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights (ICIRR), Michigan United, community supporters What: Rally and canvass to urge Paul Ryan to pass the clean Dream Act When: Saturday, February 3rd, 11am

Statement of Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs For four hours earlier this week, I and my colleagues on the Steering and Rules Committee took testimony and asked questions about the evident mismanagement of the Milwaukee Health Department and its failure to properly notify the families of children found to have elevated

Contact: Alec Zimmerman (608) 257-4765 [Madison, WI] — In celebration of the month of February being Black History Month, The Republican Party of Wisconsin released the following statement from Gerard Randall, Chair of the Republican Party of Wisconsin African American Council: “This February, we honor and celebrate the contributions African

CONTACT: Heather DuBois Bourenane, Executive Director, Wisconsin Public Education Network hdb@WisconsinNetwork.org Cell: (608) 572-1696   Milwaukee, Feb. 2, 2018. As the Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding begins the critical work today of finding real solutions to Wisconsin’s school funding issues, public education advocates around the state are eager to

Contact: Jessica Ward, (414) 422-5712 Brookfield, Wis. — U.S. Senate candidate and state Sen. Leah Vukmir released the following statement about that the economy added 200,000 jobs in January and hourly average private-sector earnings were up 2.9 percent: “In spite of efforts by Sen. Baldwin and her liberal friends in

Rep. Joel Kitchens (608) 266-5350 Sen. Luther Olsen (608) 266-0751 Madison… The co-chairs of the Blue Ribbon Commission on School Funding, Rep. Joel Kitchens (R – Sturgeon Bay) and Sen. Luther Olsen (R – Ripon), are announcing the first public hearing on Friday, February 2 in Milwaukee at James Madison